Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts) · Michigan

Mel Trotter Ministries

Grand Rapids, MI · ~120 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mel Trotter Ministries runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts) workplace, earning a grade B.

Mel Trotter Ministries: 2.4 TCR = 64% of Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mel Trotter Ministries safety composite

Mel Trotter Ministries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2017→2024

Mel Trotter Ministries injury rate improved

Mel Trotter Ministries's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=4.0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624221 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Chapman Partnership …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chapman Partnership Homestead (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mel Trotter Ministries in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Mel Trotter Ministries averages 2.4 TCR (64% of the Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Mel Trotter Ministries TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=4 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Mel Trotter Ministries falls in its industry

200 Emergency shelters (except for establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Emergency shelters (except for employers in Michigan.

Mel Trotter Ministries (120 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Mel Trotter Ministries
Mel Trotter Ministries (120 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Mel Trotter Ministries has more employees than the Emergency shelters (except for victims o median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 1.3 4 0 0
2018 4.0 0.0 4 0 0
2017 3.0 2.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624221 · MI · Grand Rapids

200 Emergency shelters (except for victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Chapman Partnership Homestead 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR UMCasRioGrande957 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ascencia 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coachman Family Center 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elzinga & Volkers Inc. 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fennville MI 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ovid Plant 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ludington Plant 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Asphalt Professionals, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln NE 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hi-Grade Materials- Oro Grande 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services, LLC - MCN 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glover Construction Co. 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE MicroMetl Sparks 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colmac Coil Midwest, Inc. 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE C & L Wood Products 120 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.